Pauline Carnoval & Captain Cooks Win Opening World Cup Qualifier in Australia More Than Year Before Championship

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WERRIBEE, Australia, Mar. 24, 2023–Pauline Carnoval and Captain Cooks won the opening World Cup qualifier Friday, more than a year before the championship in Riyadh, Saudia Arabia April 16-20, 2024.

Pauline and the 16-year-old KWPN gelding were awarded 66.739% for the win that was the first in 13 starts since the pair’s first Big Tour more than four years ago.

Ten combinations, all Australians, started in the Grand Prix but only the top three achieved the mark of 65% required to move on to the Freestyle.

Michelle Baker and Bradgate Park Puccini, a 14-year-old Australian-bred warmblood, was second on 66.261%

Jessica Dertell on Syriana, the 17-year-old Westfalen mare previously competed by multi-Olympian Mary Hanna, was third on 65.632

The representative at the Final is determined by a Pacific League competition early next year, and not by points accumulated in qualifiers as occurs in Europe and North America.

Results

CDI-W Grand Prix

Judges: Katrina Wüst Jane Ventura Elisabeth Max-Theurer Marian E. Cunningham Susan Hoevenaars
Place Score Nation Athlete Horse E H C M B Spectators
1. 66.739 AUS Pauline Carnovale Captain Cooks 67.174 67.609 68.152 64.239 66.522 65.587 (6)
2. 66.261 AUS Michelle Baker Bradgate Park Puccini 65.652 67.065 65.761 67.283 65.543 67.543 (3)
3. 65.326 AUS Jessica Dertell Syriana 66.739 67.174 63.696 65.435 63.587 73.389 (1)
4. 64.348 AUS Robert Harrisson Schmerglatt Quando Queen 63.370 65.543 66.413 60.435 65.978 65.858 (4)
5. 63.804 AUS Isabelle Luxmoore Hill Cottage Jazmira 63.804 61.413 65.761 64.239 63.804 65.628 (5)
6. 62.761 AUS Jessica Dertell Eskara de Jeu 61.478 62.348 62.565 64.848 62.565 68.898 (2)
7. 61.957 AUS Heather Currie Istan de Azuel 60.652 61.848 61.087 65.761 60.435 63.632 (7)
8. 58.783 AUS Susan Elekessy Callum Park Geneva 55.326 57.717 61.739 59.457 59.674 58.632 (10)
9. 55.478 AUS Matthew Lord Immenhof Scout 53.587 56.304 56.848 57.174 53.478 61.982 (8)
10. 54.022 AUS Kerry Mack Mayfield Limelight 49.022 57.717 54.783 54.239 54.348 58.750 (9)